Martin P. McHugh

Associate Professor of Physics

Martin P. McHugh

Prof. Martin McHugh has been with the department since 2000. His research is the in the area of gravitation and precision measurements, as well as quantum optics and entanglement. His current work is on an experiment to test Bell's Inequality as well as a longer term project on the history of gravitational experiments. Dr. McHugh received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester and his PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has also worked at the Air Force Geophysics Lab in Bedford, Massachusetts; the Observatory of Besançon in France; and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. His research has included experiments to test the gravitational equivalence principle, tests of Newton’s inverse square of gravitation, pulsar timing studies, and the detection of gravitational waves.